Marley & Me

I watched this movie. I was good....up to a point. As I watched this flick, I could not help but relate to some of the things this pooch did. I have a Lab/Aussie Shepard mix. He is more Lab than anything though. Just bigger than a typical Lab.

This movie was fun to watch. I could understand alot of what went on. My girl and me almost broke up over Max (our dog) so this movie kind of hit home with me.

The way Marley would screw up, and just look up into his owners eyes, the way dogs do. You can see the unconditional love there. You just can't scold them. I went through the same thing with my dog, but, I scolded, yelled, etc....it worked. Now, my dog is no angel, he is pretty well behaved, he sometimes has an incident.

Like the time I was watching TV and having a pizza. Now, Max knows he is not alowed on the table. I got up to refill my soda, I had already eaten 2 slices. I came back and there were only 2 slices left. My dam dog ate my pizza. I was pissed. I yelled, screamed, chased him around the apt. Scared the living shit out him actually, and it worked. He has not been on table since. Looking back, I can't really blame him. That was a very big temptation for him, he could not resist.

Now, when Max screws up, he bows his head and stares at the floor. I don't have to yell at him or anything. Just looking at him does the trick, he knows he did something bad. He's a good dog. He does have his little transgressions every now and then but that is to be expected, we never formally trained him. It was just the lady an myself, we never sent him to obedience school or anything. I think we did a pretty good job.

One thing we did not do was train him to be a guard dog. He just turned out that way. Kinda like the junkyard dogs you always hear about, but never see in real life. If you have never heard of these kinds of dogs, I will explain. See, junkyards are huge and usually surrounded by a fence. Before video and all these electronic alarms and such, owners of these junkyards would close the gates at night and let these dogs roam. These dogs are very territorial. If a stranger would happen to enter the property, these dogs would attack, period, and would not stop. My dog is like that in his territory (the house). I have tested this on several occasions. My dog is not a lovable friendly dog, he is very viscious, and that I think is a good thing. If we have company or somebody over we put him in a bedroom or somewhere. Sure, he goes nuts barking, but that's it. I work mids and we live in the country. I feel better at work knowing that nobody will go into my house for any reason without my ladies permission. The dog would tear them apart. My lady feels alot safer out there at night also. If somebody were to try and break into the house and rob us, he better try when we are at home, to control the dog, if not the guy would get mauled.

The big problem I had with Marley and Me was the ending. The ending SUCKED!!!!! I do understand no dog lives forever, but , shit.... why the fuck did the asshole make us sit through Marley's death?!!! Fuck that!!! I felt like shit afterwards. Glad I did'nt watch it with the lady, she would have thought I was a big pussy after seeing my reaction to the end of that flick.

I went out and got my dog an ice cream cone. I love my dog.

Trying To Quit

I went out and picked up some nicotine gum. Now, I tried this shit out about 15 years ago and it didn't work. It tasted like shit as well. This new stuff seems to be doing the trick so far, it also don't taste that bad. I am very hopefull. Fucking smokes cost and arm and a leg now. The fuckers also raised the taxes on booze. I can quit smoking I think, I know I can't do without my beer. The real test will be when I have a few, probably tomorrow. That's the start of my weekend. I read somewhere it will take my body 15 years to return to the state that it was before I started. I have been smoking for about 20 years now. I know this is in my head, but, I do feel like I have a little more energy. I don't think I will start feeling anything major for a few weeks. I think the little energy burst I have going is due to trying to meet my goals, and completing them. I can't believe it. If I go 24 hours without a cig, that would be the first time in 20 years that I have not had a cig for that long. I am going to try very hard to get past this. I don't want to be a slave to these fuckers anymore.

Burned Out

Well the lady will be back in a few days. I go to pick her up from the bus station on Friday. She does not like flying, so she takes the bus. I would rather drive/fly. Screw Greyhound. I would have drove her, but did not want to waste my vacation time. I plan on taking her on a cruise this winter maybe, or Disneyworld. I have always wanted to go see Disneyworld. I'm not sure what we are going to do this winter. I do know tat we are going on a "real" vacation. Something we both have never done. Maybe Vagas, hehe, I'm all over the board on this one. I really don't know where we are going. I do know that we are staying in the country.

I'm pretty burned out. Been doing alot of drinking in the basement. I went out and purchased new monitors for both of us. Got a good deal on 2 twenty inch flat panel ones for 148 bucks each. This monitor is choice. I did not want to buy anything that would encourage my ladies computer use, but I broke down. I wanted one, and didn't want her feeling left out, so it's a surprise for her when she returns. I think she will like it.

We are both going to go and pick out a riding lawn mower probably next week. I'm waiting for her because she is the one that is going to be using it. I don't do yard work....hehe. I'm a lazy ass. We need one, the yard is huge, and the lawn guy does do a good job, but charges 45 bucks each time he mows. That can get pretty expensive if we get alot of rain like we have been getting.

I'm still planning on making my bar, into a karoke bar. Just need to pick up the equipment. Well i'm gonna close this now. I'm getting kinda hungry, I may go get some KFC, I don't feel like cooking.

Just Me & The Dog

Well, it's just me an the dog. My lady wanted to go up north to see her kids and spend Easter with them. The house feels kinda empty without her here. It's only for a week. We will manage. I feel for the dog though. I work 12 hour shifts a couple days a week, so that means he is here by himself. He's a trooper, he ain't had no accidents yet. He's a good dog.

The whole reason I did not get a dog when I was single was because I did not want to leave him home by himself. Dogs are people animals. To leave a dog locked up in a house for long periods alone is torture for them, I think anyways.

My lady will be gone for about 1 1/2 weeks. It's strange really. I did not think I would miss her this much, but I do. I ain't downed any beers yet. I will have to wait for the weekend. I'm looking forward to that. I can listen to the tunes as loud as I want. I'm gonna rock out with my cock out, so to speak!!!

I plan on doing a few things in the house to surprise my lady when she gets home. She has been on me about hanging curtains in the living room. I think I will do that, I hope I choose the right color though. You know how chicks are. The one mission I do have though is her 7 little lemon trees. I can not forget about those.

I am proud of her because of those. See, she went and got a lemon from the store, got the seeds and planted them. They lived!! I could not believe it. She has 7 little lemon trees in little pots in her room. There were 8, but one died. The 7 that are left are pretty good size now, I think they will survive. I hope. If I kill those off, my lady will string me up.

Well, the dog is humping my leg to go outside. I gotta go. Further updates to follow.

I'm still thinking of going out and getting that 42' TV for the basement. Not sure yet. There is nothing here to stop me. I'll face the music when she gets home if I get it. One thing I have come to learn. It is easier to get forgiveness than permission. Not that I would need permission from my lady for it. She just would like me to spend the cash on things for the upstairs.

We will see.